I don’t
normally share what I’m wearing to Costume College, which starts next Thursday
but am so excited that I decided to go for it.
As I’ve
written earlier, I couldn’t do a lot of sewing this year due to packing and
moving, and then unpacking. And no, 3 months later still not done. And still
can’t find some things so I had to make this easy on myself.
I did make
one new dress for it; pulled two from my previous wardrobe; and purchased
pieces for two more modern outfits.
I don’t
often dress to the themes going on but this time a couple worked out to fit
them.
Firstly, our guest speaker this year is Marion
Boyce, the costume designer for the Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries. A bunch of us
had already planned on dressing in various similar outfits from the series, and
it was a cherry on top when we discovered the costume designer was going to be
there. I decided wearing her classic white pants with a jacket would be
comfortable to wear during the day to classes. I “thought” this would be an
easy sew. I
bought a couple different fabrics for the jacket but they all stretched and
wouldn’t work with me. In the end, I purchased white pants, pulled out an aqua jacket
from my wardrobe, and found a gorgeous yellow one
on the TJ Maxx website. I added a few pieces of Art Deco jewelry I found on
etsy, and reshaped and trimmed a straw hat with two different color trims that
I could switch out for each outfit. I also tried my hand at making a purse, in
the signature shape of Miss Fisher’s. It didn’t turn out so great but it will
pass at 5 ft away.
Another
mini-theme going on this year is Once Upon a Bustle, making bustle dresses but
with a Disney character theme. We’re also doing the Showcase parade at the Friday
Night Social. I chose doing a Dalmatian from 101 Dalmatians. My far-fetched
idea of stamping dots on fabric didn’t go so well. I wasn’t very good at it and
I was afraid to ruin the expensive linen I’d bought. Luckily Amazon came to the
rescue with a very nice dotted cotton. I sewed a narrow black soutache trim
around all the edges which finished it off very nicely. I also made a purse
using my 101 Dalmatian fabric using the same design as my Miss Fisher purse. I
just completed it all yesterday and took photos of it, and then got one partial
photo of me wearing it. I didn’t realize I was red, white, & blue until I
took these photos.
For the Gala
on Saturday night, I am reprising a 1770s caraco I made from 2010. The theme is
The Opulent Streets of Venice, and I felt this was blingy enough. This photo
was from when I first made it. I did buy some new jewelry with colored stones
that match it to update it. I was really happy that it still fit so this made
it much easier on my stress level.
So, there
you go, 5 days before I leave and I’M DONE!!
The first
thing I did was pull out purple fabric and a purple sprigged cotton, and
pattern, to make a late 1890s skirt and blouse. But that’s for something else,
not CoCo.
